Platinum Corporate Partners

Cityworks provides users with a web GIS-centric solution that helps them manage, track, and analyze your infrastructure maintenance and risk assessment. Cityworks includes an integrated permitting and community services management system to include activities done across residential, commercial, and other community infrastructure.

Since 1996, Cityworks | Azteca Systems, LLC has created and designed public asset management software for cities, counties, utilities, and authorities (i.e. local government). Cityworks pioneered the web GIS-centric paradigm and approach for public asset management to help organizations improve service and maintain the public infrastructure. Cityworks is a major software system used by organizations throughout North America and Internationally for managing utilities, public works, parks, planning and development, and airports. Daily, Cityworks is used by over 40,000 public sector employees to service and maintain the vital public assets for communities with a combined population of more than 80 million people.

Since 1969, Esri® has been helping organizations map and model our world. Esri’s GIS software tools and methodologies enable them to effectively analyze and manage their geographic information and make better decisions. They are supported by our experienced and knowledgeable staff and extensive network of business partners and international distributors. A full-service GIS company, Esri supports the implementation of GIS technology on the desktop, servers, online services, and mobile devices. These GIS solutions are flexible, customizable, and easy to use.

Esri software is used by hundreds of thousands of organizations who apply GIS to solve problems and make our world a better place to live. We pay close attention to our users to ensure they have the best tools possible to accomplish their missions. A comprehensive suite of training options offered worldwide helps our users fully leverage their GIS.

Hexagon Geospatial helps you make sense of our dynamically changing world. As a leading global provider of geospatial software, our portfolio helps organizations holistically understand change and use this information to make business-critical decisions.

Gold Corporate Partner

Since 1940, Michael Baker International has built its global legacy – and full continuum of solutions – on a diverse culture of innovation.

Solving our clients’ most complex challenges often requires new ideas, new processes, new technologies – new solutions where none existed previously. Our success always has drawn on the collaborative creativity of our dedicated employees, who leverage our diverse backgrounds, expertise, experience and can-do attitudes to make the communities we serve safer, more accessible, more environmentally sustainable, and more livable.

The result: a growing portfolio of exclusive innovations at Michael Baker that add significant dimension and value to our ability to deliver our full continuum of solutions. Michael Baker innovations – and the innovators behind them – serve as game-changing differentiators in the industry and demonstrate once again how We Make a Difference for our clients and the communities we serve.

A suite of products and services to support the NG9-1-1 call-routing environmentMichael Baker International's DataMark suite of software solutions and services support public safety answering points (PSAPs) and their GIS stakeholders in this mission critical transition. DataMark solves upgrade challenges, helps improve public-safety communications and ensures the data meets the precise NG9-1-1 requirements. The software considers all aspects of the data that is provisioned to a NG9-1-1 system (data creation, clean up, quality and maintenance workflows). With extensive expertise in GIS and public safety, Michael Baker can help GIS departments determine what they need to do in order to support NG9-1-1.

GIS-based mobile app for managing infrastructure assetsMichael Baker International engineers created a mobile phone-based computer software platform, MICAP (Mobile Infraction Capture) to collect and analyze data and images over broad geographic areas to help monitor utility equipment for changes and compliance problems. The GIS-based MICAP platform provides access to licensed data, as well as the collection and analysis of new data and images, delivering an improved workflow interface for managing assessments, repairs, and geographic changes to infrastructure assets. It is designed for state agencies, municipalities, utility companies, land developers and other engineering firms that need to effectively monitor and manage utility poles, underground cables, utility pipelines, bridges, runway infrastructure and other assets. MICAP is free and available via the App Store and Google Play.

Local watershed assessment at the push of a buttoniWATR (Integrated Watershed Assessment Tool for Restoration) is a mobile app-based innovation developed by Michael Baker International’s water services team to add speed, capability – and value ̶ to provide an easy-to-use assessment tool for any city, county or state planner across the U.S. to develop or better manage local land. The app combines GPS features and data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other government sources, to compile local data at the push of a few buttons. It tabulates a comprehensive assessment, and provides several solution options with cost estimates to solve specific water quality-impairment problems in watershed areas.

Analyzing bridge data with easeiUSBridges, is a geographic information system (GIS)-based app that allows users to locate nearby bridges, explore details of those bridges, save information on favorite bridges, and share feedback. iUSBridges uses data retrieved from the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) National Bridge Inventory. State departments of transportation provide updated bridge information on a cyclical basis to the FHWA.

The Cyclomedia recording system is like no other. It uses patented technology to determine the exact position and orientation of every picture taken. By creating a dense network of geometric street images, Cycloramas are always focused on the correct address or feature from multiple vantage points.

Our solution revolutionizes the way asset and property assessment is managed and reported. It reduces field visits and provides accurate feature measurements with convenient spot-checking. It simplifies maintenance and enables automated inventory and controlled processes. It also saves valuable resources while simplifying the decision-making process, improving operations and increasing efficiency.

We provide ready-made solutions throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. Our technology is widely used in government GIS, public safety, and security markets, as well as in construction, infrastructure management, and insurance.

We provide a full range of services related to 3D mobile mapping. Data is captured and delivered worldwide.

Headquartered in Orlando, DTS is a leader in asset management, geographic information systems, and transportation planning. We specialize in creating solutions to help clients automate their worlds, reduce their workload and organize their data through customized technology.

DTS is comprised of seven divisions, each with its own scope of services. Often however, a single project spans several divisions before completion because we uniquely offer all the necessary cutting-edge services, integrated within one company.

Bronze Corporate Partners

Partnership: We believe partnership — with our clients, with our colleagues, and with our communities — is fundamental to the effective pursuit of transformative design. Our transdisciplinary team of planners, architects, engineers, and interior designers partners with our clients to shape ideas that transform our world.

Discovery: Our clients benefit from a process forged over nearly a century of design practice delivering projects that solve real problems. Uncovering innovative solutions is the result of our iterative, collaborative process, undertaken with our clients to discover truly exceptional ideas.

Transformation: We believe ideas have the power to transform the world. As design professionals, it is our social responsibility to advance our communities through innovative, sustainable design. We see design as more than steel and glass; more than concrete and brick; more than lines on paper. At every intersection of every discipline we offer, our focus is on creating spaces and experiences that profoundly impact the lives of those who interact with them.

Our Story: When Pendleton Clark, FAIA, founded our firm in 1920, his days were spent reimagining spaces for institutional clients, and perhaps only in his dreams did he envision the firm that exists today: a fully integrated architecture and engineering firm with nearly 400 employees, 10 offices, a global reputation for excellence, and clients large and small, in markets ranging from infrastructure to K-12. Since our founding, the firm has emphasized measured growth and financial stability, strategically moving into new markets and locations to create a company our clients can rely on today and in the future.

Leadership in Action: Our clients are at the center of everything we do — from principal-level involvement on every project, to targeted leadership and professional development opportunities for our team members, to our top-down emphasis on collaborative problem solving. We are committed to making choices that enable our clients to achieve their goals.

Since 1986, GeoDecisions has partnered with clients throughout the U.S. and abroad to design, develop, and deploy leading edge, disruptive GIS tools and applications that improve decision-making. Backed by Gannett Fleming, our rock-solid engineering parent company established in 1915, we combine the best talent and resources from across our firm to deliver the best business solutions.

Planning, budgeting, managing assets and data, and optimizing resources are critically important in today’s global economy. At GeoDecisions, we provide the data management and mapping technology tools and products that help clients successfully navigate change. Our geospatial information technology (IT) offerings empower organizations to make more informed business decisions and improve their bottom line.

Partnering with industry leaders such as Esri, our turnkey approach encompasses strategic planning and implementation design all the way through system integration and testing. Our foundation for success is based on the belief that the true power of GIS lies in the integration of diverse information technologies, data formats, and systems. From cloud computing and mobile technologies to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings built on the Esri® platform, our location-based IT solutions provide next-generation reporting, visibility, and analytics.

GeoDecisions believes that all IT projects require vision and considerable leadership to be completed successfully, on time, and on budget. By championing a philosophy vested in partnering, collaboration, and shared goals, GeoDecisions’ staff makes every effort to work with all parties who will use a system. We strive to recommend the best-fit solutions for our clients, based on the balance of available funding and personnel versus desired functionality.

GeoDecisions is ISO 9001:2008-certified and employs more than 80 IT and geographic information system (GIS) professionals operating out of 9 offices. Our staff is engaged in IT consulting and in the design, development, and deployment of data repositories and geospatial and Web-enabled information management systems. GeoDecisions IT solutions are flexible, scalable, and resusable.

Our team includes subject matter experts with advanced certifications who keep their fingers on the pulse of geospatial technology. Through industry leadership, ongoing training, and a unique blend of talent, GeoDecisions professionals work to exceed client expectations every day. Our vision identifies and mitigates risk, resulting in more effective project collaboration, on-time delivery, and success.

At Valtus, our focus - and our passion - is the storage and online distribution of large imagery and LiDAR datasets. Yes...our passion. Nowhere will you find a group of technicians more committed to (and enthusiastic about) the prompt and seamless delivery of imagery that brings value to customers' businesses.

As pioneers of industry leading Content as a Service (CaaS) and Cloud Solutions, our passion for providing Internet access to imagery has been growing strong since 1995.

Valtus is part of Hexagon (Nordic exchange HEXA B; www.hexagon.com), a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies that enable customers to design, measure and position objects, and process and present data.

As a leader in GIS/IT, Environmental Solutions, Engineering, and Surveying, VESTRA has the depth of know-how and experience to help clients achieve success. VESTRA, an employee-owned corporation dating back to 1988, prides itself on our local presence and commitment to the community. Our mission is to be our clients’ most-valued consultant by providing cost-effective, innovative, and technically superior project solutions. Whatever your current or future needs, VESTRA’s full-service resources are available to support you on your next critical project.

Business Partners

Located in Brevard County, Applied Ecology is knowledgeable and experienced in working with clients in the central and south Florida area. Our location has allowed us to be highly involved in the Indian River Lagoon TDML process, and preserving some of the most precious natural resources of the Tampa Bay and Indian River Lagoon estuaries. We serve municipalities and other businesses that cater to public clients and are experts in their fields.Applied Ecology, Inc. is a small, woman-owned business with 40 years of combined specialized experience in:

GIS

Remote sensing

Project management

Complex data and database management

Statistical analyses

Software tool development

We focus on serving public clients in:

Environmental resource management

Ecological studies

Water resources

Stormwater management

Utilities

AEI has the experience and skills to plan studies that cross multiple disciplines. Please see the key staff qualifications and project examples to see the level of expertise a small team

Data management

Custom programming

Database creation

High-level spatial and statistical analyses

Report writing

We take pride in being a highly responsive business that delivers quality products on-time!

AFFORDABLE GPS SOLUTIONS. COMPREHENSIVE INDUSTRY SUPPORT.Bad Elf specializes in the design and manufacture of affordable and reliable high-performance GNSS receivers for GIS mapping and field data collection. All of our products are lightweight, portable, and provide a battery life of twenty-four hours for a full day of data collection activities. Our complete product line offers a range of capabilities and accuracy (from 2.5 meters to 1 meter) to match your requirements.

We are forging strong relationships with GIS app developers taking advantage of our products’ advanced hardware features thru our Bad Elf Developer program. There are no restrictions on how you use your data. We believe in open standards. Any device that can connect to a Bad Elf GNSS receiver via Bluetooth will be able to consume data directly from our GNSS accessories.Your data. Your way.

Geocove helps agencies solve the problem of where. Geocove provides spatial technology solutions to government agencies and utilities to help them collect, manage, visualize and share information. We provide insight into problems and solutions for decision makers, users and the public. We also make seriously cool map apps. So how does your GIS program work for you? info@geocove.com

We have been assisting Caribbean Businesses, Agencies and Government Ministries to develop and effectively use spatial intelligence in critical decision making! We are very involved with establishing Geographic Information Systems, GPS and Mobility products and solutions, as well as marketing our own “GeO” brand tablet. We consider Human Capacity Building as very critical - right from the classroom to the work environment. Hence our Classroom Management Solution and our strong focus on Training and Development in all our engagements. Our other consulting services include Project Management, Information Security Advisory, Process Audit and Assurance, Business Analysis and Enterprise GIS solution planning and Implementation.

Infrastructure Mapping and Autonomy was created out of the Heavy Industry of Civil Maps an industry-leading artificial intelligence company, providing LiDAR processing and feature extraction services. Our technology was first developed to meet the high accuracy, 3D mapping needs of the autonomous vehicle industry. IMA is now bringing this technology to the engineering and infrastructure industries.​​Our technology allows us to scan, map and report on assets or asset areas at a rapid pace and affordable cost not possible before. ​Leveraging our proprietary artificial intelligence, patented cloud based processing technology, and global relationships for LiDAR collection and processing and quality control, we can generate data sets, models and change detection reports 10x faster than with traditional methods.​​By creating HD 3D maps in the earliest stages of projects, our clients are able to increase the NVP of projects by lowering the time to completion and reducing and deferring survey programs until the later stages of a project. Additionally, clients with existing assets to manage benefit from our centralized on-line business-to-business services to manage their rapid feature extraction and mapping programs. Eliminating the inefficient traditional person to person sales and manual data handling processes. Our al-a-carte on-line tools allow asset owners to individually direct and manage their mapping projects, resulting in quicker turn around times and lower costs overall.

MGP is an information systems services company that specializes in geospatial solutions. Our comprehensive range of geographic, data modeling, and business process solutions provide you new opportunities to find a better way. We believe that innovation creates opportunity and collaboration breeds success. MGP was formed as a shared business model in which clients are partners. This philosophy enables significant cost savings and makes it possible for any client, regardless of size, to get where they need to go. MGP is the managing partner of the GIS Consortium.

Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Planning Communities has additional offices in Charlotte (NC) and Seattle (WA). Planning Communities is a North Carolina certified Small Professional Service Firm (SPSF) and is certified as a DBE in North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Delaware.

Solv3D creates tools that enable people to effectively use large 3D point clouds and immersive imagery within their existing workflows. Using the 3DPointLogic™ toolkit, individuals can easily turn massive point clouds into manageable data sets. With the SiteVisit360™ collaborative platform, companies can merge 3D point cloud data, panoramic imagery and other photography, resulting in a virtual project environment, allowing them to more effectively leverage the value of their datasets for estimation, planning, design, and decision-making.

Spatial Relationships, LLC is a consulting firm that provides on-demand teams of expert Geospatial Professionals to ensure organizations have the capability to deliver on existing and future goals, manage business risk, and increase profitability.

Think of us as your geospatial concierge. Our "concierge services" provide resources and solutions for planned or abrupt disruptions as well as future projects. These can include:

Being a key person down – planned leave or unexpected departure

Technical requirements – fill skills, knowledge and training gaps

Budget constraints – less than anticipated funds for the same scope of work

Spatial Relationships, LLC was born out of the necessity to create new flexible and affordable ways to work that support organizations to manage ever-increasing demands as well as the need to support the community of Geospatial Professionals.

Synergy is an Asian American owned MBE with an excellent track record of government contracting. Established 2002 and based in Maryland we have come a long way from providing data support services at Maryland State Highway Administration to providing services such as Database Management, GIS Data Creation, GIS application development and support, Software Engineering and Business Process Consulting to its distinguished clients in various Government Agencies. We take pride in all our work and take every effort to ensure the satisfaction of our clients.

Temporal Geo Analytics, Inc. (TGA) is a Land Use and Environmental Litigation consulting firm.

We have expertise in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop, manage, and distribute complex spatial databases, as well as creating the presentation-quality visualizations and graphics needed for natural resource litigation and land use projects.

TGA specializes in the analysis of multifaceted land use issues and environmental impacts over time. TGA is expert at acquiring and integrating historic and current spatial data to build the critical information you need to represent your case.

Leveraging GIS for Environmental, Natural Resource, and Land Use Planning is our core expertise. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) integrate and overlay unlimited layers of themed spatial and tabular data to illustrate and reveal patterns, context, and the intrinsic qualities of any location. A GIS is also a powerful analysis tool capable of querying data for location and its relationship to overall context. At TGA, we have an intimate understanding of these tools and their capabilities.

Working with you and other experts, we build a completely defensible, dynamic analysis data platform with interactive visualizations and related tables that clearly represent the qualities of your project and its relationship to larger political, environmental, and regional contexts.

Education Partners

The Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University is the hub for interdisciplinary teaching and research in the Geospatial Sciences. We work alongside top researchers, policy experts and leaders in industry to apply geospatial analytics to a host of problems — from preparing for floods to controlling the spread of invasive species.

“Geospatial analytics” are the evolving tools and approaches that help to discover, interpret, and communicate meaningful patterns in location-based data. We develop them to observe the world around us; to model the processes that act upon it and test potential interventions; and to visualize data in new ways that spur collaborative decision-making.

All our work serves a common purpose: advancing innovative solutions to grand societal challenges. Many of our tools and applications are open-source, free and adaptable for others to use. Through innovations in teaching and research, we support a wide range of real-world stakeholders facing complex problems.

Since its founding in 2010, the USC Spatial Sciences Institute has been using the power of spatial thinking and literacy – the ability to connect place and space – to help address global challenges, including those connected with population growth, urbanization, environmental sustainability, and human well-being. Through its innovative academic programs, the Spatial Sciences Institute educates and trains today’s leaders capable of deploying the “science of where” in every possible discipline and industry. Members of our internationally-recognized faculty contribute to the rapidly-evolving body of geospatial knowledge. From our home base in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, we collaborate with faculty colleagues throughout the University of Southern California and with other prestigious institutions around the world on funded research that links SSI faculty and students with decision makers and citizens and knowledge with action. We promote the analysis, modeling, and visualization of location-based data through interdisciplinary use-inspired and integrated research and teaching.

Increase your capabilities with the Fox Master of Science in IT Auditing and Cyber Security and gain the knowledge to assess and control organizational cyber risks and protect data and information assets. Learn from experts in the field through our industry-proven curriculum, featuring built-in preparation for Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification. Flexible class formats enable you to choose the option that works best for you: online, face-to-face, or a hybrid of both.

Media Partners

Directions Magazine is the worldwide leader in delivering timely news and technology trends to professionals using geospatial technology and location intelligent software solutions. Through our daily publications, we bring awareness to the news that shapes the geospatially-enabled IT marketplace and the expansion of mobile location-based applications. Read Directionsmag.com, everyday for the most complete coverage of all things location.

GeoConnexionFrom local to global: geotechnology news where and when you need it. GeoConnexion International and GeoConnexion UK bring you the latest news and stories plus reports from geotechnology industries in UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America and Asia. Coverage of topics such as 3D Visualisation, UAS, Remote Sensing, LiDAR, Cloud, Mobile Mapping, Navigation with emphases on healthcare, public safety, retail, the environment, utilities, surveying, LBS, transport/ logistics, telecommunications and more.

GISUseris devoted to reporting, informing, and sharing the latest GIS, Geo, and location technology news, resources, and tips with the professional community. The portal is updated daily, throughout the day with news, original feature articles, career opportunities, social media tips and tricks, data tips, and community announcements. The site is supported by a 2X a week industry E newsletter and a vibrant Social Media presence (Twitter, facebook pages, LinkedIn groups, YouTube, Flickr, blog). GISuser invites your news tips and article/feature submissions and will gladly connect and engage with you via social media. Find us on Twitter @GISuser and at facebook.com/GISusers